There will not be a weekday Mass on Wednesday, July 22nd, July 29th or August 5th. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Chaplains

Fr. Robert L. Beloin, Chaplain

Fr. Bob, as Yale's Catholic Chaplain is affectionately known to students, faculty, and community members, is a native of Connecticut. He completed his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Divinity at Our Lady of Angels Seminary in Albany, New York. He received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies, magna cum laude, from the University of Louvain in Belgium in 1983.

Following his ordination in 1973, Fr. Bob served first as Assistant Pastor for St. Ann Church in New Britain, CT. He was the Director of Pastoral Formation at the American College in Louvain from 1978 to 1983, and then spent ten years as Co-Pastor for St. Barnabas Church in North Haven. In 1994, he became the 7th Chaplain at Saint Thomas More.

During his tenure, Fr. Bob has been active in both local and national organizations. In 1991 he became a member of the Advisory Board of the National Alliance of Parishes Restructuring into Communities, a Catholic organization supporting parish renewal. He has given many presentations and workshops on behalf of NAPRC, and adapted their "Small Church Community" model for Yale University students.

Fr. Bob was also a Retreat Director for the Ministry to Priests Program for nine years and has served on many committees for the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven and on various Archdiocesan committees, including the Presbyteral Council and the Personnel Board.

Katie Byrnes, Assistant Chaplain

Katie Byrnes is a native of Connecticut. She holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Saint Joseph College in West Hartford, Connecticut, and an M.A. in Pastoral Ministries from Saint Thomas University in Miami, Florida. She comes to us from Iona College in New Rochelle, New York, where she worked as a Campus Minister and coordinated the “Iona in Mission” program that sent students all over the world to serve during their breaks. Katie also spent two years as the Resident Minister in the Campus Ministries house.

An avid volunteer, Katie has spent many years working with Habitat for Humanity and Heifer Project International, and has a special enthusiasm for working with kids in need. She also serves on the Board of Directors at the New Rochelle YMCA. According to Katie, “there is nothing like assisting in the birth of piglets at 2 in the morning on a farm in Massachusetts, putting up shingles on a roof of a Habitat for Humanity home in Georgia or spending a night in a Native American sweat lodge on a Navajo reservation to put your faith into action. Really living out your faith means getting your hands dirty!”

Katie strives to involve students of all ages in service as well as to find creative ways to engage folks in conversations on issues of faith and spirituality. Katie enjoys reading just about anything, Mexican food, Broadway music, football and travel.

Jamie Cappetta, Assistant Chaplain and Development

Jamie Cappetta, native to Massachusetts, holds a B.A. in Speech Communications from the University of Richmond, an M.A. in Ministry from Saint John's Seminary, Brighton, MA and an M.A. in Philanthropy and Development from St. Mary's University in Winona, MN.

Prior to joining the team in 2006, Jamie was a campus minister and development director at the Newman Catholic Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; a campus minister at Boston College High School; and a youth minister in the Archdiocese of Boston. Jamie and his wife, Kristina, live in Hamden, Connecticut, with their four children.

Fr. Eddie DeLeon, C.M.F., Assistant Chaplain

Fr. Eddie is a native of Indiana. He holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Mundelein College in Chicago; an M.Div. from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and a D.Min. in Preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, MO.

Before joining the team in 2013, she served in campus ministry at Ohio Dominican University where she focused on liturgical music, retreats and developing alternative spring break programs. Prior to attending the Collaborative Dominican Novitiate in Saint Louis, MO, she served as Communications Director for her congregation. Sr. Jenn has been on the coordinating team for the Dominican College Preaching Conference since 2005 and recently accompanied a group of young adults to Bogota, Colombia for the International Dominican Youth Movement World Meeting.